Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith
CHAPTER XX
Missionaries
How Missionaries Are Called--Requirements of Prospective Missionaries--The Kind of Men Wanted for Missionaries--Necessary Qualifications of Missionaries--Further Qualifications of Missionaries--What Missionaries Should Teach--What and How to Teach--Not All Men Ready to Accept the Gospel--Our People Generous to Missionaries--Advice to Missionaries--Missionaries and the Word of Wisdom--Caution to Missionaries--Health of Missionaries To Be Guarded--Missionaries In Ill Health--Care of Returned Missionaries--Work for Returned Missionaries--Duty of a Person Called on a Mission